Sputnik Sweetheart

Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours on the phone talking to her best friend K about the big questions in life: what is sexual desire, and should she ever tell Miu how she feels for her? Meanwhile K wonders whether he should confess his own unrequited love for Sumire. Then, a desperate Miu calls from a small Greek island: Sumire has mysteriously vanished…

Author: Murakami Haruki

ISBN: 9780375726057

Year of publication: 2007

Translator: Gabriel Philip

Genre: Modern prose

Number of pages: 206

Reading time: 3 h. 26 min.

Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF

Buy on Telegram